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Loui Sand

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Loui Sand
Sand playing with the women handball squad during the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1992-12-27) 27 December 1992 (age 32)
Modara, Sri Lanka
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Kärra HF
Youth career
Years Team
2001-2005
 Kärra HF
2005-2009
 Önnereds HK
2009-2011
 IK Sävehof
Senior clubs
Years Team
2011–2017
 IK Sävehof
2017–2018
 Brest Bretagne Handball
2018
 Fleury Loiret Handball
2021–
 Kärra HF
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018
 Sweden 105 (221)
Medal record
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Croatia/Hungary

Loui Nelum Sandamali Sand (born Louise Sand; 27 December 1992 in Modara, Sri Lanka) is a Swedish handball player.[1][2] In January 2019, Sand announced his retirement from handball due to gender dysphoria.[3][4] In 2021, he made a comeback in handball, as he signed a contract with the Swedish Kärra HF's men's team, becoming the first trans professional handball player in Sweden.[5]

Early life

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Sand was adopted from Sri Lanka by a Swedish couple and raised in Gothenburg.[6][7]

Career

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He started his career at the youth team of Kärra HF in 2001. He then joined Önnereds HK for four years before joining Swedish top club IK Sävehof, where he debuted for the senior team in 2011. with the club he won 5 straigth Swedish championships from 2012 to 2016.

He debuted for the Sweden women's national handball team in October 2012, and later the same year played at his first major international tournament at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship.[8][9] At the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship he won bronze medals with the Swedish team.[10]

In 2017 Sand joined French team Brest Bretagne HB in order to become professional.[11] After a conflict with the coach, she left the club a year later.[12][13] He then joined Fleury Loiret Handball. In January 2019 he left the club in order to transition.[3]

In May 2021 he made a comeback for the men's team at Kärra HF, where he had began his career.[5]

Achievements

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References

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  1. ^ "Louise Sand". eurohandball.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b Sörensen, Daniel (7 January 2019). "Loui Sand ends his handball career". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Handball player Loui Sand concludes his career: "I was born in the wrong body"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 7 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Sand blir historisk – klar för herrlag". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Swedish handball player Louise Sand withdraws from sports for sex change surgery". HotNews.ro (in Romanian). 8 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  7. ^ Hivert, Anne-Françoise (9 January 2019). "In Sweden, handballeuse Loui Sand ends her career and announces she is trans". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Landskamper 2012" (in Swedish). Handbollslandslaget. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  9. ^ Johan Flinck (10 December 2012). "Nya favoriten: 'Jag föddes med en boll'". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  10. ^ Match report - third place playoff 2014
  11. ^ "Louise Sand klar för fransk klubb" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Sand lämnar Brest". Sveriges Television. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Under valet ville jag inte åka hem". Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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